As reported

Sphere over Perryville, MO

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

One large, spherical, unblinking light, seen in the distance that made quick movements.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2012-04-01 → 2012-04-18

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January 11, 2015 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN

Perryville, MO

I live about 90 miles south of the St Louis airport. It's normally very quiet here. On Jan 11 and 12, I heard and felt massive rumbling. I've lived on air force bases and this sounded like we were living at the end of the runway. On Jan 11, at about 4 pm, I was outside, when this loud jet sound (like a C5) began. It was slightly overcast and I could not see it or really determine what direction it was coming from. I actually expected a massive plane to come through the clouds and crash. I felt the rumbling and the roar was as loud as being at the end of the runway when B-52's or C-5's are taking off. It sounded very close. While I often hear and see aircraft flying, they are very high in the sky and cannot be heard inside my home. This lasted 7 min or so and then just suddenly stopped. I dismissed it as some kind of military exercise even though i don't live near a military base. On Jan 12, at about 10:30 am it happened again. This time I was inside my home and it felt like it had to be directly over the house. I went outside but once again, it was slightly overcast and I couldn't see anything. This lasted about 10 min and stopped suddenly. A few days later, I asked my husband if he had heard of any military presence in the area. I told him what happened, and he said it could have been aircraft testing of some sort, but that he was not aware of any exercises. Today, I was browsing UFO reports for an entirely different reason and noted two reports on Jan. 11 describing the same sounds I heard on the 11th and 12th. It never occurred to me that this noise was unidentified...

December 10, 2011 · 1:00 PM · TRIANGLE